Mistaken Identity Blues

from American Highways [Digital Download] by Ben Knight and the Welldiggers

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lyrics

Well you're such a classy lady
Studied art history, studied in Spain
With oh so many pretty people, you sold such pretty little lies
You move with the hips and you lost your Kentucky accent
but it was no accident

CHORUS
Oh but wait, don't that feel like faking?
Oh wait, don't it sound just like a joke we made?

I remember not so long ago when you and I would drink and walk the railroad tracks
But I guess I straightened up too, I got a job driving nails and a lover who never fails to love me back.
Got a house and a car and a dog in the yard
Got a kid on the way and a five year anniversary, tomorrow.
We're driving up to Chicago

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Well I wake and I go to work, and i kiss my girl and lie to her and I lie to myself
and it takes all I got, it takes a lot of coffee to get me out of this house
This is what I do now, this is who I am,
I outta be a thankful man, a thankful man

CHORUS - 2
Oh but wait, don't seal the deal.
Oh stop the car, this feels too real.
Don't it feel like faking?
Don't it seem like a case of mistaken identity blues?

BRIDGE

CHORUS - 2

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from American Highways [Digital Download], released April 19, 2015

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